The Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) is an international network of cities and city-based partner organizations which focuses on the relationships between rapid urbanization, informality, inclusive growth and urban food systems in the Global South.
The HCP conducts collaborative research, training and advocacy with the objective of providing innovative solutions to the challenge of building sustainable cities and policies and programs that promote food security in the cities.
The HCP currently operates in China, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Mozambique and South Africa and is funded by the International Partnerships for Sustainable Development (IPaSS) program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Journal Articles
The Transformation of Trust in China’s Alternative Food Networks: Disruption, Reconstruction, and Development, Raymond Yu Wang, Zhenzhong Si, Cho Nam Ng, and Steffanie Scott
Understanding Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: A Qualitative Investigation in the Mitchells Plain Sub-district of Cape Town, Catherine Pereira, Milla McLachlan, and Jane Battersby
Hungry Cities Papers
No. 01: Hungry Cities of the Global South, Jonathan Crush
No. 02: Approaching Sustainable Urban Development in China through a Food System Planning Lens, Zhenzhong Si and Steffanie Scott
No. 03: Urban Food Deserts and Climate Change in African Cities, Mary Caesar and Jonathan Crush
No. 04: Supermarkets, Wet Markets and Food Patronage in Nanjing, China, Zhenzhong Si, Steffanie Scott, and Cameron McCordic
No. 05: Mapping the Informal Food Economy in Cape Town, South Africa, Jane Battersby, Maya Marshak, and Ncedo Mngqibisa
No. 06: The Informal Sector’s Role in Food Security: A Missing Link in Policy Debates, Caroline Skinner and Gareth Haysom
No. 07: Household Food Security and Access to Medical Care in Maputo, Mozambique, Cameron McCordic
No. 08: International Migration and Urban Food Security in South African Cities, Jonathan Crush and Godfrey Tawodzera
No. 09: Comparing Household Food Security in Cities of the Global South through a Gender Lens, Liam Riley and Mary Caesar
No. 10: The Hungry Cities Food Purchases Matrix: A Measure of Urban Household Food Security and Food System Interactions, Jonathan Crush and Cameron McCordic
No. 11: Urban Food Security, Rural Bias and the Global Development Agenda, Jonathan Crush and Liam Riley
No. 12: Compounding Vulnerability: A Model of Urban Household Food Security, Cameron McCordic
No. 13: The Growth of Food Banking in Cities of the Global South, Daniel N. Warshawsky
No. 14: The Impact of Proximity to Wet Markets and Supermarkets on Household Dietary Diversity in Nanjing City, China, Taiyang Zhong, Zhenzhong Si, Jonathan Crush, Zhiying Zu, Xianjin Huang, Steffanie Scott, Shuangshuang Tang, and Xiang Zhang
No. 15: The Food Security Implications of Gendered Access to Education and Employment in Maputo, Cameron McCordic, Liam Riley, and Inês Raimundo
Hungry Cities Reports
No. 01: The Urban Food System of Nanjing, China, Zhenzhong Si, Jonathan Crush, Steffanie Scott, and Taiyang Zhong
No. 02: The Urban Food System of Maputo, Mozambique, Abel Chikanda and Inês Raimundo
No. 03: The Urban Food System of Cape Town, South Africa, Gareth Haysom, Jonathan Crush, and Mary Caesar
No. 04: The Urban Food System of Kingston, Jamaica, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, Robert Kinlocke, Therese Ferguson, Charmaine Heslop-Thomas, and Beth Timmers
No. 05: The Urban Food System of Bangalore, India, Aditi Surie and Neha Sami
No. 06: The Urban Food System of Nairobi, Kenya, Samuel Owuor, Andrea Brown, Jonathan Crush, Bruce Frayne, and Jeremy Wagner
No. 07: The Urban Food System of Mexico City, Mexico, Guénola Capron, Salomón Gonzalez Arellano, Jill Wigle, Ana Luisa Diez, Anavel Monterrubio, Héctor Hidalgo, Jesús Morales, José Castro, Cristina Sánchez-Mejorada, María Concepción Huarte T., María Teresa Esquivel, and René Flores
No. 08: The Urban Food System of Windhoek, Namibia, Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe, Jonathan Crush, and Jeremy Wagner
No. 09: The State of Household Food Security in Nanjing, China, Zhenzhong Si and Taiyang Zhong
No. 10: The State of Household Food Security in Maputo, Mozambique, Inês Raimundo, Cameron McCordic, and Abel Chikanda
No. 11: The State of Household Food Security in Nairobi, Kenya, Samuel Owuor
No. 12: The State of Household Food Security in Cape Town, South Africa, Jonathan Crush, Mary Caesar, and Gareth Haysom
No. 13: The State of Household Food Security in Mexico City, Mexico, Guénola Capron, Salomón Gonzalez Arellano, Jeremy Wagner, and Cameron McCordic
No. 14: The State of Household Food Security in Bangalore, India, Jyothi Koduganti, Charrlotte Adelina, Mohanraju JS, and Shriya Anand
No. 15: The State of Household Food Security in Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Kinlocke, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, Adonna Jardine-Comrie, Beth Timmers, Therese Ferguson, and Cameron McCordic
No. 16: Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Cape Town, South Africa, Godfrey Tawodzera and Jonathan Crush
No. 17: Inclusive Growth and Small-Scale Food Vending in Nanjing, China, Zhenzhong Si and Taiyang Zhong
No. 18: Inclusive Growth and Informal Vending in Maputo's Food Markets, Inês Raimundo, Jeremy Wagner, Jonathan Crush, Ezequiel Abrahamo, and Cameron McCordic
No. 19: Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Kinlocke and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
No. 20:Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Bangalore, India, Kailas Shankar Honasoge, Keerthana Jagadeesh, Veneet J. Kalloor, and Shriya Anand
No. 21: Inclusive Growth and Informal Food Vending in Nairobi, Kenya, Samuel Owuor
No. 22: Inclusive Growth and Informal Food Vending in Mexico City, Mexico, Salomón Gonzalález Arellano and Guénola Capron
No. 23: Inclusive Growth and the Informal Food Sector in Windhoek, Nambia, Ndeyapo Nickanor, Lawrence Kazembe, Jonathan Crush, and Tobias Shinyemba
Hungry Cities Policy Briefs
No.01: THE SDGs, FOOD SECURITY AND URBANIZATION IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, David Celis Parra, Krista Dinsmore, Nicole Fassina, and Charlene Keizer
No.02: AN URBAN PERSPECTIVE ON FOOD SECURITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, Michael Chong, Lucy Hinton, Jeremy Wagner, and Amy Zavits
No.03: DEVISING URBAN FOOD SECURITY POLICY FOR AFRICAN CITIES, James Sgro
No.04: ENABLING INFORMAL FOOD VENDING IN URBAN SOUTH AFRICA, Godfrey Tawodzera and Jonathan Crush
No.05: FOOD SECURITY AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF FOOD RETAILING IN NANJING, CHINA, Zhenzhong Si and Jonathan Crush
No.06: GENDER INEQUALITY AND FOOD SECURITY POLICY RESPONSES, Mary Caesar
No.07: DEMAND: THE FORGOTTEN SIDE OF INFORMAL ECONOMY POLICY, Graeme Young
No.08: IMPROVING THE PROFITABILITY OF WET MARKET FOOD VENDORS IN CHINA, Xinxian Qi, Taiyang Zhong, Zhenzhong Si, and Xianjin Huang
No.09: ENHANCING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH URBAN AGRICULTURE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, Robert Kinlocke, and Therese Ferguson
Other Reports
Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, Jonathan Crush, Caroline Skinner, and Abel Chikanda